Ed Hajim
The Acclaimed Series From Ed Hajim
On The Road Less
Traveled
At the age of 3, a boy is kidnapped by his father, driven cross-country, told his mother had died, and was left for years in an orphanage...
Letters between Ed and his father
At the age of 3, Ed Hajim is kidnapped by his father, driven cross-country, and told his mother had died. He presses his face against the car window, watches the miles pass and wonders where life will take him.
Where you’d least expect.
In a memoir filled with human drama, wisdom and timeless life lessons, Ed Hajim
tells his improbable story of how he bounced from foster homes to orphanages, in a daily struggle to survive, to living the American dream as an accomplished Wall Street executive and model family man with great moral fiber and the means to give back to a world that seemed intent on rejecting him.
It’s a powerful story touched with family trauma, deprivation, and adversity balanced by a life of hard work and philanthropy.
“While his childhood travails of loneliness, isolation, and poverty would have broken most people, Ed channeled his survival instincts and conquered his inner demons to become a loving family man and a beloved leader of people,” says Raj Echambadi, Dunton family dean at D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University.
Dunton Family Dean Raj Echambadi is talking to Ed Hajim as part of the D’Amore-McKim Lessons in Leadership video series.
Throughout his career, Hajim was guided by his instincts to know when a situation had run its course. “Sometimes it’s better to sever ties and leave on your own, even if the next step is unknown.”
“That’s often the road less traveled, but it’s so worth the journey. ”The “unknown” also played a major part in Ed’s personal life, when a long-kept secret he couldn’t possibly have imagined was revealed."
At a dedication ceremony with President Joel Seligman and family (2009)
Joel Seligman,
president emeritus of the University of Rochester, says,
“Ed Hajim’s On the Road Less Traveled does full justice to a remarkable life lived by a remarkable man. You will learn much about why one man who began with nothing achieved so much and did so much for so many.”
THE ISLAND OF THE FOUR Ps:
A Modern Fable About Preparing for Your Future...
In his best-selling memoir, On The Road Less Traveled, Ed Hajim told the story of how he went from being a 3 year-old-boy kidnapped by his father (and then abandoned to foster care), to becoming a successful Wall Street executive and family man. The Island of the Four Ps, is a story told in two parts. The first is a modern fable, inspired by that experience, and the second is the author's personal story, which draws upon his own hard-won life lessons. Performed by six award-winning actors in a full cast recording, the fable treats listeners to an immersive experience, as Marketus, a young man leaving home for the first time, embarks on a spiritual quest that will provide the foundation for, and a pathway to, a meaningful and fulfilling life.
In dialogue with Archimedes, a wise elder, who serves as his guide, Marketus begins an incredible journey across a magical island, traversing land, dangerous waters, and mountain peaks. In the process, he finds answers to life’s most important questions—discovering his passions, principles, partners, and plans, the four Ps of the title. As Marketus meets challenges, we gain a deeper understanding of how to navigate change while remaining true to our values and ideals.
An inspiring and motivational guide, told through an allegorical tale.
The Island of the Four Ps will help listeners set a course for their own fulfilling and unique futures.
A special feature starting the audio program, is an Author’s Note, written for the audio edition, and read by Hajim himself.
